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Aarhus. Photo: Stan Shebs

Albertine's Adventures in Aarhus

Date:22 October 2024

Hi! My name is Albertine and I will be studying in Denmark for the next six months! I am taking three courses at Aarhus University: ’Food and Culture’, ‘Battles over Symbols in Research, Politics, and Everyday Life’, and ‘Contemplative Life: Meditation...

Carien van der Velde

Het eerste blok van Werk & Zingeving: wat is zingeving en hoe treed je daarover in gesprek? En hoe kijken we eigenlijk naar het concept ‘werk’?

Date:01 February 2024

Carien van der Velde volgt het masterprogramma Werk & Zingeving aan onze faculteit en vertelt wat meer over wat ze in blok 1 gedaan heeft!

Austin Brewin

Austin's recap of the second block

Date:23 January 2024

The winter holidays are always a busy time with lots to do before them and then even more once everything starts up again in the new year. For me, this has been a busy time with lots of emails, papers, and of course, the holidays themselves. 

Halloween: heritage?

Halloween: (fake) heritage in action!

Date:31 October 2023
It’s that time of year: even as the pepernoten are stacked in Albert Hein, pumpkin spice starts to appear in Starbuck’s lattes, fake cobwebs and hilarious ghoulish outfits stagger the streets. Halloween is (fake) heritage in action!
The tug of war student team

A new year at the Faculty!

Date:25 October 2023

Hi! I’m Austin, a Religious Studies BA student here in Groningen. Coming from California originally I moved here when I was 18 to finish high school and then started at the RUG, eventually finding the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society. This year I...

Very happy in Groningen!

How I studied anthropology in Groningen

Date:24 October 2023

Hello! My name is Lena Höllisch. I have studied the BA Religious Studies in Groningen. Currently, I am doing a Master’s programme in Anthropology and Development Studies elsewhere.

Erika and her Indonesian exchange group

Coming all the way (11,329 km) to learn something I really didn’t know before!

Date:03 August 2023

Hi there! This is Erika Hana, an exchange student from Indonesia who has just finished her six months experience in Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. I participated in this exchange through a program called Indonesia International Student Mobility Awards...

Alissa Kivits

Giving meaning to death through children's literature

Date:20 July 2023

Alissa Kivits graduated from our faculty last year and wrote her thesis on children's literature and death. We asked her to tell us more about this interesting combination.

Times Square!

The most amazing months at Lehigh University

Date:05 July 2023

Hey there! My name is Lydia, and I’m a Dutch student of the Religious Studies BA program. For the first semester of my third study year, I studied at one of the faculty’s partner universities. I attended Lehigh University for the Fall semester (August –...

Judith Deliën

Wat kunnen organisaties doen om de risico's van te veel thuiswerken te voorkomen? (3)

Date:21 June 2023

De coronacrisis heeft een blijvende invloed gekregen op hoe mensen werken. Voor het mastervak Zingeving en organisatieculturen probeerde ik vanuit verschillende perspectieven antwoord te geven op de vraag: 'Wat kunnen organisaties doen om de risico’s van...